Sherdog’s Top 10: Greatest Single Strikes in MMA History

Top 10

They represent a holy convergence in hand-to-hand combat, a place
where timing, speed, power, technique and creativity meet in
glorious displays of violence.

Careers have been made and broken in their wake, legacies cemented
and cracked. Mixed martial arts has been scarred and shaped by the
often unsettling impact of a single strike -- an elbow, a knee, a
punch, a kick. Some have broken bones and sliced flesh; still
others have separated the conscious from the unconscious. They are
brands burned into the heart of a sport, badges of honor,
historical markers, conversation starters. Nothing in MMA carries
as much weight, with the ability to stop time and create ripples
that last for decades. The latest installment of the Sherdog Top 10
series examines the Greatest Single Strikes in MMA History.

Nominees were taken only from major MMA organizations, with a limit
of one entry per fighter. They all have one trait in common: We
remember where we were when they happened.